computer crash (photo) help please
 

hello simmers

on friday my comp. crashed while i was watching a dvd. tried to restart but nothing. today, sunday, i managed to restart through safety mode and as it loaded i took this photo

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3...ashoct2010.jpg

i have left it off through the day, then tried again this afternoon and it has all come back on again ??

does any one recognise this screen shot and have any ideas.

many thanks
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I believe your GPU may have failed, Hunter had the same problem awhile back I believe.

As TF said, most likely the GPU is biting the dust

this is what I had when my 2 1/2 year old 8800GT bit it
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/741/imagen0022l.jpg

HunterICX

+1 to the GPU.

I had a problem a while back similar to that. Google search said the same. Replaced the card, no problems since.

Looks like a dead/dying graphics card to me.

thanks every one for your prompt reply :salute::yep:

...so a GPU is a graphics card ?

flag4

GPU = Graphics processing unit, its the chip on your grpahics card that does the computations on **** displayed on your screen, though those artefacts may be caused by failing graphics memory aswell, or some other mischelaneous failed component.
But in short, it looks like you need a new graphics card.

looks exactly like what i saw about a week ago.

Video card crapped the bed

went to best buy and got a new card for about $190, problem solved

thanks VERY much for all your help:yeah:

just had another confirmation from a tech friend who agrees with you - showed him the photo here - and thats the first thing he said too!

im off to e-bay first, maybe i can replace or upgrade for a smaller price

thanks again
flag4:salute:

Yeah, fortunately this is one of those failures that is really easy to diagnose.

Good luck getting the new card then!

I'd have suggested you purchase from BFG for their lifetime warranty....until I saw this article:

http://www.techeye.net/business/bfg-...n-its-business

So much for Lifetime anything. Who will tumble next ?

Thx Jim for the heads up. :up:


@ Moderator... Could you please move this thread to Hardware\Software forum as this is a good info fix and would hate to see it lost.

XFX still offers double lifetime warranty if oyu are in the states or canada IIRC. Double meaning that if you sell it on the second owner can allso register it and will have a lifetime warranty.

:up:

Newegg.com

if you can wait a few days its much cheaper

thanks for the suggestion AND the article! its funny, i was just bidding on one on ebay for £16, finally went for 30'ish - i lost the bid :DL

cheers
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ps. looking at new ones at PC World for around £50.

Amazon .com.

Which one are you considering?

im not too sure. at present i have an Asus 7900gs. and then it gets a little technical - plug size/different types that go from monitor to vid. card. im not au fe with all this. maybe i should pull it out and go to shop to ask for assistance. there is the question of SH5 to consider but i dont have dual core. but maybe a card that is future proofed for this, but im in no hurry to leave SH3GWX.
i dont want to get into cooling fans for vid card etc. keep it simple is my motto at present and i dont have the £'s to do all that. so, an equivalant spec or slightly higher.

cheers

ps. as for vid cards there appears to be dozens - more, its a bit confusing!

Is your card AGP or PCI-E ?